This WeekThis week we have sites marking the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the five-year anniversary of September 11, plus the Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the McKinley assassination, medieval medical illustrations, and the evolution of surgical anesthesia. Additional content is underwritten by California Digital Library. Bon appetit from librarians Karen, Wendy, Pat, Maria, Jennifer, Charlotte, and Tom.

Tip of the WeekOur Back to School sites have hints for parents and teachers about children starting at a new school, uniforms, and classroom management, with some topical cartoons for leavening.

¡Colorín Colorado!
This site provides "information, activities, and advice for educators, and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners (ELLs)." The parents' section offers tips for helping children with school and learning to read and write. The educators' section offers strategies for teaching English-learning children. Also includes newsletters and links to related sites. In English and Spanish. From Reading Rockets, a service of public broadcasting station WETA.
URL: http://www.colorincolorado.org
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22445

Index of Medieval Medical Images
"The Index of Medieval Medical Images project began in 1988 and aimed to describe and index the content of all medieval manuscript images (up to the year 1500) with medical components held in North American collections." Contains images and descriptions of each text. Search, or browse by subject, date, country of origin, and other factors. Includes a list of contributing collections. From the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
URL: http://digital.library.ucla.edu/immi/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22399

The Center for Craniofacial Anomalies
General information on clefts of the lip and palate and other craniofacial conditions such as hemifacial microsomia, "a condition in which the structures on one side of the face are smaller or underdeveloped and are not the same as the other side." Topics include feeding a child with a cleft palate and details about surgery. Includes photos. From the Center for Craniofacial Anomalies of the University of California, San Francisco, Children's Hospital.
URL: http://dentistry.ucsf.edu/cranio/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22363

California's Living New Deal Project
This project maps and describes projects in California that were part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program. Find New Deal projects through an interactive map that includes options to narrow by region and project type (such as art or parks). Project descriptions include photos, map, and other details. From the California Historical Society, with the Institute for Research in Labor and Employment Library (University of California, Berkeley) and the California Studies Center.
URL: http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22014

The Seattle Hempfest
Website for this annual cannabis policy reform event that celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2006. Includes a history of the event, a poster gallery, archived websites for past events, facts about the history of hemp use, details about recent Hempfest activities, photos, and associated material. Includes links to related sites.
URL: http://www.hempfest.org
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22408

Regions of the World

Architecture Week
Architecture Week is Britain's annual public celebration of modern and historic architecture. The site features lists of hundreds of events and downloadable audio of selected walking tours. Also includes activities for children and lesson plans "that are designed to offer experiences that enable young people to connect with their surroundings." From the Arts Council England and Royal Institute of British Architects in association with the Architecture Centre Network.
URL: http://www.architectureweek.org.uk
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21845

Digital South Asia Library
This website "provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia to scholars, public officials, business leaders, and other users." Find digitized images of maps, photographs, and publications about South Asia. India is well-represented in this collection. Also includes bibliographies and links to related resources. A collaboration of several research institutions, and funded by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL).
URL: http://dsal.uchicago.edu
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22453

Entomology Research Museum, U.C. Riverside
Website of a museum devoted to the study of insects, located on the campus of the University of California, Riverside. In addition to information about the museum, the site contains a FAQ about insects, "graphical descriptions including close-up shots and video clips of [selected] insects and other arthropods," links to insect databases and holdings lists, and more. Also includes newsletters of the Friends of the Entomology Research Museum (FERM).
URL: http://entmuseum.ucr.edu
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22339

Katrina: One Year Later
This August 2006 special feature looks back at Hurricane Katrina and its effects on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, and looks forward "to the rebirth of a unique American city." It provides new and archived news stories, progress reports, an interactive map showing rebuilding efforts in New Orleans neighborhoods, reader-submitted stories, photos, video and audio clips, and more. From Nola.com and The Times-Picayune.
URL: http://www.nola.com/katrina/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22221

What If 9/11 Never Happened?
Collection of essays on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Features essays by novelist Tom Wolfe, the Reverend Al Sharpton, a U.S. Supreme Court correspondent, and others. Also includes a slideshow of items remaining from the ashes of the attacks, a feature about eight survivors, and links to related articles and photos from past 9/11 anniversaries. From New York Magazine.
URL: http://nymag.com/news/features/19147/
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22462